OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – A shootout in Kansas left both a police officer and a hit-and-run suspect dead, authorities said.
Overland Park police Officer Mike Mosher died at a hospital Sunday evening, Police Chief Frank Donchez said. Mosher was off-duty but in uniform when he saw an apparent hit-and-run and pursued the suspect, which led to a shootout, police spokesman Officer John Lacy told news outlets.
The suspect died at the scene, Donchez said. Police didn't immediately release a name. An interagency Johnson County team tasked with investigating police shootings will handle the case, the police chief said.
Police didn't immediately say what led to the exchange of gunfire. Mosher had been with the Overland Park department for nearly 15